The National High Court has acquitted Pujol of corruption offences after proving his dementia
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office was demanding 9 years' imprisonment for a crime of unlawful association and laundering, and his eldest son Jordi will now be questioned for his alleged responsibility for corruption.
The National High Court has decided to exempt the former president of the Generalitat Jordi Pujol i Soley, 95, from criminal liability in the case in which the Pujol family is being tried for enrichment through political corruption.
The president of the court has announced that after the medical examination and the meeting of the members of the court with the former president, they have decided to "exclude" Pujol from the proceedings.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requested nine years' imprisonment and a fine of 204,000 euros for the former president for the offences of unlawful association and money-laundering.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor accuses Pujol and his seven children of forming an alleged illegal association . They believe that for decades he was misappropriated using his political position.
The defendants also include 15 alleged collaborators , including businessmen who helped launder Pujol's fortune through companies allegedly managed by the eldest son of former Generalitat Jordi Pujol Ferrusola.
According to both the Public Prosecutor's Office and the State Lawyer's Office, the businessmen paid commissions in exchange for receiving public awards, carrying out fictitious operations to conceal the illicit origin of the funds. Nor do they believe that their fortune in Andorra was the inheritance of their grandfather, Florenci Pujol.
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